Improvement in trace-buckles



w. W.-KITTLEMAN.

improvement in Trace Buckles.

Patented 86p. 5, 1871.

gawk) 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. KITTLEMAN, OF BLOOMFIELD, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT lN TRACE-BUCKLES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. KITTLEMAN, of Bloomfield, in the county of Davis and in the State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckle; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a trace-buckle, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view, and Fig. 2 is a view of the inner side.

A represents the buckle-frame, composed of two parallel bars, the ends of which are bent outward at an angle, as shown in Fig. 1, and connected by crossbars, one end of said frame extending, however, further out than the other. In the center of the frame A is a broad cross-bar, B, from which a pin, 0, points outward, as shown. A short distance from and parallel with the crossbar B, on the side toward the longer end of the frame, is a rod, D, around which the hametug is secured. The backstrap is placed on the pin 0, and then the trace is passed under the short end of the frame, placed on the pin, and passed under the long end of the frame.

The entire buckle may be cast in one piece.

Havin g thus fully described my invention what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The withindesoribed trace-buckle, composed of the frame A, crossbar B, pin 0, and rod D, all constructed and arranged substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of June, 1871.

W. W. KlT'lLEMAN.

Witnesses:

S. H. GLENN, M. B. HORN. 

